Requirements

System Requirements, or: "What sort of a system do I need to run Spring?"

You need a 3D graphics card to run Spring, which will probably require at least a a GeForce4 MX and the latest driver supported. Minimum CPU requirements are a little more complex. A more powerful CPU will have the capability to support larger maps and a greater maximum unit limit. A 1 GHz CPU should be able to support an estimated 500 units. The memory needed will also vary with unit count and map size, but 512 MB is enough to play medium sized games.

CPU	RAM	GPU, Video Ram	Resolution; Settings	Result
Intel Core i5-750 at 3.5GHz	8GB	GeForce GTX 560ti 1GB	2560x1440; Everything maxed out	More than playable, but having more than 500 units on screen the FPS goes below 30
Intel Core 2 Duo 4300 (1.8 GHz, 64bit)	3072 MB	GeForce 8500 GT 512 MB	1600 x 1200; medium settings	Very playable. Starts to lag if you blow up 50 commanders with 100 nukes
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800	512 MB	GeForce 6200 256 MB w/Turbocache	1024 x 768; minimum settings	Starts to lag after 1200 units
Intel Pentium 4 2600 MHz (HT)	1024 MB	Intel 82865G (built-in)		Works ok, laggy on high (visible) unit count or on big maps when most of the terrain is visible.
AMD Turion MT-32 1.8 GHz	448 MB	ATi Radeon Express 200M, 64 MB	1280 x 800; minimum settings	Works fine, but a bit laggy on higher unit counts (750 ). Lags bad after detonation of nukes or commanders (video chip sucks in rendering clouds).
Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz	256 MB	GeForce FX 5200, 128 MB	1280x1024; minimum settings	Slow on water maps with the nice-shining-animated-water (works very well with the standard one). Slow when some smoke is shown too. Disregard that, no display matter. 16x16 maps work fine if <100~ units, otherwise very slow. 8x8 maps like SmallDivide work well. Running linux.
Intel Celeron 1.2 GHz	512 MB	Intel 915GM (laptop/integrated)	1024x768; near minimum settings	Works fine on maps 16x16 and smaller. 6 players is about the most it can handle, maybe only 4 on large maps with lots of units.
Intel Pentium M 1.73 GHz 740	2048 MB	Intel 915GM Express (laptop/integrated)	1024x768; near minimum settings, no shadows, basic water, no anti aliasing	Works fine on small maps, in the beginning starts out at 15 frames per second, then once there are around 500 units it starts lagging excessively at 1 or 2 frames per second, and becomes unplayable. Running ubuntu 9.04-11.04.
Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz	1204 MB	GeForce 7600 Go (Laptop) 512 MB	1280x768; near maximum settings	Works fine on all maps, including those over 32x32. Running Windows XP.
AMD 1ghz to 1,3ghz	512MB or less	GeForce 4 128MB	640 x 480; no sound, no reflections, everything that can disabled or lowered	Over 100fps at the very beginning, goes down to 0.01fps as time goes and players expand more and more. Either overclock to 5ghz or upgrade to any dual core like AMD or Intel 5000+.
Any under 1ghz	???MB	???	???	Don't expect spring to run in a playable manner.